Table 2.
Participants’ characteristics, n = 16
| Variable | Number |
|---|---|
| Sex | |
| Male | 5 |
| Female | 11 |
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| |
| Age | |
| 21–30 | 3 |
| 31–40 | 4 |
| 41–50 | 6 |
| 51–60 | 2 |
| Not given | 1 |
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| Job role on course applicationa | |
| Community pharmacist | 7 |
| CCG pharmacist working in general practice | 5 |
| CCG pharmacist not directly working in general practice | 4 |
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| Postgraduate awards held | |
| Clinical diploma | 5 |
| Independent prescribing certificate | 6 |
| Other | 6 |
a
Community pharmacist role included dispensing; over-the-counter minor ailments advice; advanced services such as medicines use reviews, new medicine service, emergency hormonal contraception, and chlamydia screening; general practice role included conducting minor illness and long-term condition clinics, telephone consultations, liaising with community and hospital colleagues, and pain medicines optimisation clinics; CCG role included prescribing management planning, practice audits, assessing practice compliance to formularies and guidelines, and reconciling prescribing problems with GPs. CCG = clinical commissioning group.